Miss Hunnybunch Lady Juliette is her official KUSA name – the sad little brown-and-white Bulldog girl that was given to us two days before the Easter long weekend in 2018. Hunnybunch was extremely sick, emaciated, covered in leathery bald patches, and in such a bad state that we weren’t sure if she’d even survive the weekend.
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The brown Dachshund was found wandering along the freeway on Saturday the 29th of December 2018 and brought to the SPCA Amanzimtoti. This precious little dog was in a terrible way: scared, dejected and his coat covered in mange, he had bald patches all over and he was underweight.
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In June last year, a group of us travelled to Mauritius on vacation. We were utterly shocked to say the least about the way animals are treated in Mauritius. The island has hundreds of thousands of strays.
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Just over a month ago, a tiny kitten with blunt force head trauma (cause unknown) was handed over to the Mdzananda Animal Clinic based in Khayelitsha. The nameless kitten had seizures every 20 minutes. He could barely get up, and when he did, he would walk around in circles, unable to control the tremors in his body, and he would fall over and over again.
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Written by Vicky Welman-Gerber Professional photography by Cindy Allen Photography Bertie was snatched from the jaws of death and rushed to the vet by caring animal rescuers. Skeletal, filthy and weak, barely clinging to life, the chances of his survival were slim, but as it turned out, Bertie had a lot more life and love left to give. Networking to save Bertie The cream Labrador-mix dog was collapsed beside the road in Leondale, Germiston, when…
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Knox is a Maltese Poodle X who was rescued from Mamre during one of our mass sterilisation drives. Neglected and unhappy, Knox had been bitten by another dog. Our African Tails staff, of course, took him in and whisked him towards the prospect of a better life.
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The tiny piglet was a sad sight as she lay flat on her tummy in a filthy pen full of rusted roof sheeting, wire and rubbish. She was all alone. Her back legs were splayed out on either side of her body. She looked up as Toni Brockhoven, head of Beauty Without Cruelty South Africa, reached out and gently picked her up.
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